tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693Fri, 03 Oct 2014 06:42:14 +0000lifel.m. rossconfessional poetryPassingsdeathMusicpoetryloveBlack History MonthFriendshipHealthbloggingDisappointmentHarlemMichael JacksonRealityThe Bluesartchildhoodfearjazzurban lifeBlessingsChoose LifeDeath AnniversaryHeart DiseaseIn RemembranceLegacyTributecelebritygratitudekeeping the faithnycovercoming the oddsreflectionssexstrugglesuicideAddictionsAngelina JolieArtistsBeautyBeyonce Knowles-CarterBirthdaysCultureDepressionDr.King. Holiday CelebrationEnd of an eraFameFilmIn memoryJay-ZJohnny DeppManhoodMemoriesOne Year AnniversaryPoemPoetry by L.M. RossProud ParentsQuality of LifeResilienceSnatching JOYStevie WonderTrayvon MartinVictoryWorld Aids Dayagingdisaffectednesselection dayevolvingfakeryhistoryjazz poemjunkielegendlonelinessmadnessmotherfuckaspaul newmanprayersremembrancespiritstrugglingtragedy.20119/11ANNIVERSARYAbsenceActressAddictAdversityAfrican-AmericanAgonyAmbitionAmericaAngerAretha FranklinAshford and SimpsonAwardsBRAVERYBabyBad BehaviorBarack MicheleBarack ObamaBeyonceBeyonce' MotherhoodBig BrotherBillie HolidayBirthdayBirthday ProseBlack AmericaBlack HistoryBlack LifeBloggersBlue Ivy CarterBoris KodjoeBumping and GrindingCancerCelebrationsChangesCheatsCheersCherChristmas GiftsChurchCivil Rights PoemClosingsCoffee Table BooksColtraneCongratsCultural AwarenessCuriosityDadsDemonsDick ClarkDiseaseDivaDon CorneliusDorothy DandridgeDr. KingDrugsDying YoungE. Lynn HarrisElizabeth TaylorEmotionsEmptinessEntertainment BusinessEtta JamesEvolutionExcerptFatFat-facedid-nessFather's DayFedorasFirst Baby PicsFirst PicsFolkFree-VerseFugitive TearsGeorge ClintonGetting olderGil NobleGil Scott HeronGlamourGodGone Too SoonGood-byesGrammysGreatnessGreedGriefHORRORHeavy D passesHell on earthHomageHonoring Dr.King. Holiday CelebrationHonorsHoward SternIconsIllusionIn HonorIn MemorialIn MemoriumInjusticeIntegrityIntrospectionJackie RobinsonJazz PoetryJoanne WoodwardJohn TravoltaJonathan FridJournalspaceKicking the habitKim KardasianKimyeKing HolidayKing of PopL. M. RossLL-Cool JLangston HughesLena HorneLi'l WayneLiebstersLike It IsLive before you dieLou ReedLouis ArmstrongLove as a VerbMLKMadonnaMasculinityMaulana KarengaMemorial DayMike WallaceMiles DavisMilestonesModelingMother's Day PoetryNY livingNdegeocelloNew BirthNew NovelNick AshfordNicotine MonstaNippyObamaObserving Our SolidiersOnenessOphelia DevoreOptimismOptionsOscarsPDAPeacePerceptionPersonal preferencesPhoebe SnowPioneerPizzaPoetry ManPoetry by L.M.RossPoetsPositivityPossibilityPresident ObamaPreventionPrincePublic BJPublic Sex ActsPurposeRaceRealnessRebirthRehabRelationshipsRick JamesRights and WrongsRomare BeardenSelf-expressionShangeShynessSicknessSidney PoitierSingersSingingSlain InnocenceSmoke-free livingSoul FoodSoul SingerSoul TrainSpeculationSpiritualitySpringStagefrightSuperstardomSurveySylvia WoodsSylvia's Soul Food RestaurantSympathyTERRORTMITalentTeena MarieThe ArtsThe Color PurpleThe EconomyThe ElderlyThe Last PoetsThe Meaning of XmasThe Measures of ManThe SoulThe SpiritThe True MeaningThe VerdictThievesTimeTransformationTrayvon's ScreamTriumphantTruthTuskegee AirmenTwilight ZoneTyra BanksUniquenessUsherVonetta McgeeWalking While BlackWarWhitney HoustonWhitney Houston's DeathWordsmitheryWorld's Most Famous BabyWriterXmasachesadmirationafrosaidsapathyassimilationavariceb.s.backing up filesbad habitsbeauty marksbeliefblack fathersbluemoanercaringconstrastscouragedefeatdichotomydrowningdrug addictiondrug-usedutyeasy to be hardentertainmentfacebookfalling downfamilyfamily dramafimfor colored girlsfreakgoldengraceheart surgeryhippieshistory of blogginghonorhonoring black mothershumanitariumhumanityhumorinterestankinterestinginventiveisolationjennifer hudsonjim crowjokesjuly 4thkarmalaughterlessonslosing gravitylosing touchlove vs sexlove-makinglyricsmale strippersmaturitymemorymisunderstoodmoralitymother's daymystiquenegative peoplenewnicotinenothing last foreveroppositionoversaturationpainspartiespartyingpay-it-forwardpeopleperseveranceperversitypetspoetic expressionpovertypridepublishingpurityquit smokingquitters flureaching outreciperecognitionrejectionromanceromanticrude neighborssaviorsscarssensualityshort storyslangsleeplessness.smartphonessocietysoup kitchenstrengthstripteaserthanksgivingthe human comedythe nettrain ridestwittertyler perryuncertaintyurban talevictoriousvictory over adversityvotingwebcamswhorewritingyouthmoanerplicityhttp://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)Blogger189125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-791128471624531868Tue, 24 Sep 2013 11:01:00 +00002013-09-24T04:01:17.615-07:00A Pause For Ponderation. . .
Ponder...
One.http://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-pause-for-ponderation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-7612760768176919172Sat, 21 Sep 2013 19:10:00 +00002013-09-21T12:10:24.511-07:00Dear Artists, Jenifer Lewis Has A Few Words Of Advice For You... | Shadow and ActDear Artists, Jenifer Lewis Has A Few Words Of Advice For You... | Shadow and Acthttp://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2013/09/dear-artists-jenifer-lewis-has-few.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-7114633805416241325Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:59:00 +00002013-09-11T05:59:31.627-07:009/11ANNIVERSARYBRAVERYHORRORremembranceResilienceTERRORmemories of 9/11...
TERROR...
HORROR...
BRAVERY...
RESILIENCE!
One Love.http://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2013/09/memories-of-911.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-2321801257850480804Thu, 05 Sep 2013 13:29:00 +00002013-09-08T04:30:43.128-07:00Gratitude Is My New Favorite Word
As an artist, no matter how hard you work or suffer or bleed… and no matter how earnest your attempts might be… all you can ask or hope for is that people will pay attention.
From the bottom of my heart, I wish to say THANK YOU for those cool, beautiful people and sweet supportive souls who have paid attention.
"What happens to men, to married fathers who beat their children http://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2013/09/gratitude-is-my-new-favorite-word.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-2130723365829433207Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:29:00 +00002013-08-28T04:29:31.171-07:00“I Have a Dream Today…” 50 Years Ago In a Land of Struggle, Progress, and Struggle
“I have a dream that one day every valley shall be engulfed, every hill shall be exalted and every mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plains and the crooked places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
This is our hope. This is the faith that I will go back to the South with. With this faith we will behttp://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2013/08/i-have-dream-today-50-years-ago-in-land.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-4220127020876938447Mon, 19 Aug 2013 14:23:00 +00002013-08-22T05:07:08.023-07:00DISCONNECTEDNESS
Have you ever felt completely and utterly disconnected from the rest of the world?
I do not mean in some desperate, aggressively sociopathic-serial-killer way that people should hurriedly cross the street whenever they see you approaching…
No. I mean have you ever felt so relentlessly unusual and so blatantly different… that no one else, not another soul ever truly GETShttp://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2013/08/disconnectedness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-3084810847354697243Fri, 02 Aug 2013 17:41:00 +00002013-08-02T13:46:37.925-07:00Ten Recent Things That Give Me Pause… Make Me Ask WTF…(?) Or Just Cause Me To Ponder…
One: How three people from my childhood all just died within a week of each other. WTH???
Two: How certain laws are so deviously designed to keep large segments of this population down... permanently.
Three: How it always falls to us to keep those tedious folks who procrastinate— honest and to remind them to live up to their word.
Four: How some friends take these extended http://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2013/08/ten-recent-things-that-give-me-pause.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-2646411830605112353Sun, 28 Jul 2013 15:28:00 +00002013-07-28T13:30:10.901-07:00Happy Birthday To My Da
Dear Da,
Today, on this July 28th,
I feel this need to tell you
everything inside me…
roll call all
my successes, failures, joys
fears… and my heartbreaks. I feel
as if I should name them all,
one by one,
for each day, each month, each
year you’ve been gone.
Instead, I’ll simply say:
Happy Birthday, Da…
Your brown and brooding essence is now a Spirit
that possesses my older http://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2013/07/happy-birthday-to-my-da.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-1393277008774163407Sun, 21 Jul 2013 18:03:00 +00002013-07-21T11:06:16.532-07:00For Your Listening Pleasure: Gregory Porter - "1960 What?"
Ain't It Strange How History Can Repeat Itself When We Don't Pay Attention?
One.
http://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2013/07/for-your-listening-pleasure-gregory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-8754347258462366227Sat, 20 Jul 2013 11:07:00 +00002013-07-20T04:07:21.873-07:00Reality Check...
By George! I think he's got it!
If only Florida lawmakers,
Judges and their juries
Did!
One.http://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2013/07/reality-check.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-6480504126772407127Wed, 17 Jul 2013 13:18:00 +00002013-07-17T06:18:22.716-07:00Stevie Wonder Reacts to Zimmerman Trial Verdict
Stevie Wonder says he won't perform again in Florida until the state abolishes its Stand Your Ground gun law, which permits using deadly force against those who pose a risk of killing or seriously injuring someone. He made the announcement during a concert Sunday in Quebec City, a day after the acquittal of George Zimmerman.
Zimmerman was acquitted in the Feb. 26, 2012, shooting death ofhttp://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2013/07/stevie-wonder-reacts-to-zimmerman-trial.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-1266682202545012434Sun, 14 Jul 2013 11:28:00 +00002013-07-15T04:37:38.640-07:00.Black LifeInjusticePoemPoetry by L.M. RossSlain InnocenceThe VerdictTrayvon MartinTrayvon's ScreamTrayvon's Scream
Everyday and every night some black or brown child will slip through the cracks of this world… disappear… meet with a violent event that stops his heart… that steals his breath
… that ends his life.
And there will be silence.
* * * * * *
Who really screamed that rainy Florida night?
I believe it was Trayvon Martin.
I believe it was his mother.
I believe it http://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2013/07/trayvons-scream.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-6461394018421386574Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:51:00 +00002013-06-14T12:51:51.175-07:00For Father’s Day … a Kidhood Memory
I’d heard so many stories of my father... the elegant jazz vagabond, the fine pomaded dandy who dressed to the nines, and who had people lined up to see him play in every city, every town and every state.
He held court like royalty. He was far too important and much too busy, so he didn’t always attend to the needs of those tedious subjects who comprised his family.
Back http://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2013/06/for-fathers-day-kidhood-memory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-1946539159228450981Fri, 31 May 2013 13:55:00 +00002013-05-31T06:55:07.716-07:00About Walls. . .
There were barricades as tall as The Great Wall of China and they extended across our community. Few knew that these walls would veil our deepest secrets; or that they shaded and protected our most primal selves. Yet, most times they did; they shielded our imperfections and never exposed us for the frauds that we were.
Walls… what are they really good for anyway?
What are we all http://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2013/05/about-walls.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-6848621862677846632Fri, 24 May 2013 11:47:00 +00002013-05-24T04:47:49.357-07:00Snatching JOY(!) At The Second Anniversary of My Extended Life...
True story: I no longer take anything or anyone for granted. I make no assumptions about anything or anyone because assumptions can only lead to profound disappointment.
None of us, not a single one of us should take this hour, this day, this year, this life, or the people in it for granted.
Neither should we ever take the fact that we awakened this morning, or that tomorrow is a http://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2013/05/snatching-joy-at-second-anniversary-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-1265707928812299645Tue, 21 May 2013 10:28:00 +00002013-05-21T05:10:29.336-07:00Horrified... Haunted... Heartbroken
Like most everyone just awakening to the news, I am completely horrified, haunted and heartbroken over the tragic events that befell the citizens of Moore, Oklahoma, yesterday afternoon.
In the tornado's wake, as the numbers rise and the stories grow sadder, our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims, their families, the first responders, and the wounded survivors.
With such http://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2013/05/horrified-haunted-heartbroken.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-1091445190687622703Fri, 10 May 2013 11:16:00 +00002013-05-10T04:16:55.830-07:00Yet Another Tragedy For The Family of Malcolm X
The Amsterdam News has learned, and the U.S. Embassy has confirmed, that Malcolm Shabazz - grandson of Malcolm X, was killed in Mexico.
Several reports around the circumstances of his death, still unconfirmed, have rumored that he died early Thursday morning, May 9, 2013 from injuries sustained after he was thrown off a building or shot as he was being robbed in Tijuana.
"I'm http://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2013/05/yet-another-tragedy-for-family-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-1083131618048373019Wed, 08 May 2013 22:09:00 +00002013-05-08T15:53:20.080-07:00For Mother's Day, A Remembrance
The Sickness
Ornette
As most every young kid does, I truly loved my mother. I did.
Still, as time progressed and my observations grew sharper, there
were some things about Dakota Swinton that I did not particularly
like. It went beyond her deceptions, her mind-games, and even her
hoarding of secrets. What I liked least about her was the sum of her
weaknesses. The weakesthttp://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2013/05/for-mothers-day-remembrance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-5854584702614396600Thu, 02 May 2013 12:22:00 +00002013-05-02T05:22:40.840-07:00Chapter 2 "The Anguish" ~ Excerpt From: Like Litter in the Wind (a novel by L.M. Ross)
Visit: http://outskirtspress.com/likelitterinthewind/
As she left the squad room which had held her captive for so many hours, on the way through the thin corridor housing a few weary cops in their cubicles, she saw a waste paper basket protruding into her path. Without even thinking, just out of pure anger and frustration Dakota Swinton kicked that can violently out her way.http://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2013/05/chapter-2-anguish-excerpt-from-like.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-7165914361450931793Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:02:00 +00002013-04-26T11:02:26.956-07:00I’m Feelin’ Very John Legend, Who Is Channeling Gershwin Byway of Bruce Springsteen: Who Ain’t NEVER LIED!
“You sit around getting older…
There's a joke here somewhere and it's on me
I'll shake this world off my shoulders…
Come on baby the laughs on me
Stay on the streets of this town
And they'll be carving you up alright
They say you got to stay hungry…
Hey baby, I'm just about starving tonight
I'm dying for some action
I’M SICK OF SITTING ‘ROUND HERE TRYING TO WRITE THIS BOOK…
I need ahttp://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2013/04/im-feelin-very-john-legend-who-is_26.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-3358246444341800683Tue, 05 Mar 2013 01:24:00 +00002013-03-04T17:24:17.605-08:00Hiatus
To My Blog Friends & Fam, Writers & Fighters, Lurkers & Jerkers, Winches & Winchells:
Hoping all is Blessed and chill inside your collective ville(s)...
I'm currently taking some much-needed time out as I prepare for the release of my next novel.
That's it. That's all.
See ya when I seeya... & in the meantime...
Snatch JOY!
One Love.
Lin
http://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2012/09/hiatus_25.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-7631228690997418356Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:01:00 +00002012-09-18T09:16:59.521-07:00This State of Invisibility in Rye BrookThe quiet sashay of ivory, beige and elegant limbs bathed in Gucci, Bermuda shorts and tennis skirts glide past me. And I detect a certain sniff-sniff in the air as the self-entitled and prosperous slide in and out of their Porsche’s, Jags and their Mercedes'. Yes, I detect a certain sniff-sniff as they throw their sophisticated shade upon me and mine.I never feel more invisible than when in Rye http://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2012/09/this-state-of-invisibility-in-rye-brook.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-3245252609375752671Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:00:00 +00002012-09-11T05:12:13.984-07:00Reflections Upon America's Most Tragic Day "The attacks of September 11th were intended to break our spirit. Instead we have emerged stronger and more unified. We feel renewed devotion to the principles of political, economic, and religious freedom, the rule of law and respect for human life. We are more determined than ever to live our lives in freedom." -Rudolph Giuliani, former Mayor of NYC"Even the smallest act of service, the http://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2012/09/reflections-upon-americas-most-tragic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-2760371798351671816Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:45:00 +00002012-09-06T06:46:25.965-07:00Wisdom In a Capsule... With Waterhttp://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2012/09/wisdom-in-capsule-with-water.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190292992150344693.post-2396801269085013526Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:29:00 +00002012-08-28T07:33:04.664-07:00**Just In Case The Universe Is Listening (Again)Dear Universe,How You doin'? You aiight? I hope so. It's Your boi, Lin. You know that cat with all these dreams in his head and longing desires deep in the recesses of his heart and spirit that he *never* tells to anyone? Yeah, that Lin. Well lately, I've been thinking-- pondering really-- that if we are truly to be on good terms, then perhaps I should speak to You more... tell You what's http://lmross-moanerplicities.blogspot.com/2012/08/just-in-case-universe-is-listening-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Moanerplicity)23